Politicopalooza

"And the Republican debate winner is... the British guy @gerardtbaker," shares Wall Street Journal's John Crowley, reading the headline from a BBC Newspost on American viewers' obsessionwith WSJ EIC-turned-moderator Gerard Baker (1,000+ shares so far). "'So who won the debate?' 'The guy with no hair.' 'Donald Trump?' 'No, the British guy,'" is how BBC's James Morgan imagines most conversations going. We also really have to hand it to the editor for refusing to go to commercial when he wasn't done asking a question. As for how Baker is taking all the attention, he tweets: "I'd like to thank my spiritual adviser, my agent and..You like me! You really like me!"

Elsewhere in political calamity, evidently British prime minister David Cameron hasn’t the faintest idea how deep his cuts go and this letter proves it. David Schneider summarizes it thusly: "Cameron: 'These cuts are appalling! They're a disgrace! Who caused them?' Council: 'Er, you did…'" Also, this Veterans Day USA Today saw fit to spotlight how Department of Veterans Affairs is doling out $142 million in bonuses despite its scandal-ridden current state. "VA doc called the 'Candy Man' manages to get performance bonus. Seriously? See how it happened here," entreats Ray Locker there. And checking in on the Mizzou story, Terrell Starr offers up a good case for why the protesters didn’t want the media around. "This is a really interesting piece. Don't agree with all of it. But an important read for journos," concedes Marketplace's Lizzie O'Leary.

"Tronc, 2016-2016" So reads a micro-obituary written by Nieman Lab's Joshua Benton in response to the weekend's biggest media story: The scoop from Politico's Ken Doctor that Gannett, the nation's second-largest newspaper company ...

"The Onion on the Great Fall of China: Shoddy Chinese-Made Stock Market Collapses," tweets journalist Louisa Lim, sharing a link that, while a parody, still manages to tie together the current Chinese market crisis, ...